On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 10:41:40PM -0500, linuxmaillists@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Why do people talk about getting an invite to get a gmail > account? I have one and have never received any invite to > get it. Because previously, there was no way to sign up without one. Now, in select countries (currently, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, and the U.S.) you can send a text message to your mobile phone that will allow sign up, assuming you have a mobile phone. Otherwise, no way in. -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>